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openSyntax highlighting for source editing
I mean, pretty much all wikis have syntax highlighting, right? It enhances clarity, and it's a precious feature to have for editors on any wiki.
Why don't we implement syntax highlighting for source editing?
openWay to auto-scroll to a particular link on an edit page
Something that came up in the moderator forum during discussion of the new edit link on Related To pages: It would be nice if it dropped you right on the markup that's producing the link.
One way to do so would be to create some URL parameter (say "&link=Main.CompleteMonster", for the edit link on Complete Monster's Related To page
). When you access the edit page with this parameter appended to the URL, the edit box will automatically start on this link/highlight the markup creating it. 'course, there might be a problem if there is more than one link - I guess then it should highlight all and the edit box should be around the first. Perhaps with a warning that there are multiple links.
openSome colors in dark mode need saturation/better contrast.
This screenshot is from the Trope Launch Pad in dark mode.

The green is decently visible but the red looks way too desaturated against this background. It works fine in light mode but not in dark mode.
Edited by AudioSpeaks2closed PageType history
Sometimes it's important to know if a page's pagetype was changed and by who, but Recent Page Type Activity
is limited.
It'd be nice if Page's pagetype form also had own list.
workingMove the News/ namespace icon to Newsletter/
Per discussion
, moving this here.
Quoting rjd1922:
Just formalizing this in a wishlist query.
openSee where a redirect is indexed.
Currently, to see if a redirect is indexed anywhere (often happens after moving a page) you need to temporarily break the redirect. Would there be any possible way to show the indexes without breaking the redirect? You can check the ārelated toā page, but thatās a lot of pages to look through. If this isnāt a high priority, and/or if breaking the redirect is fine, thatās that.
closed regular intervals on the ban thread
The moderators of the suspended/banned thread already make a habit of replying in bulk to a number of posts around every seven to nine days, but I and other posters have noticed a rising inconsistency with when we can expect responses. I'd recommend a certain date and time each week be explicitly laid out for when to expect a weekly roundup reply.
closed Private message colors
Would it be possible to change the color of the little number you get for private messages?I was thinking it should be red for thumps but for regular messages it should be less alarming color like green.
openIssue Helper: Add First Person Writing to the preset messages.
There are people who still post using First-Person Writing (f.k.a. "This Troper") even when that was explicitly banned from the Wiki eons ago. However, there isn't a preset message to send about this particular issue.
EDIT: Found the message, but it's hidden in "natter", so I suggest renaming natter to "natter/first person" or something similar.
Edited by AM_NKopenOutdated tool
The old content violations report
still gets new entries when people flag pages. Can it be changed so that it doesn't get new reports? In fact, since all these reports are new and have threads, we could set this URL
so that it only says "This is where the content policy panel (5P or P5) voted on how to handle a work. Today we use a different method. If you want to see reports actioned by the 5P/P5, head here
and here
" and keep the "resolved_done" and "resolved_not_done" listings the same.
openMultiple filters in New Edits
Would it be possible to have a way to filter the "New Edits" page by multiple namespaces at once? There's multiple namespaces I'd like to keep an eye on at a glance without having to open a different tab for each one.
openFeature pages appearing in search results
Hello! I was advised to mention it here for something noticed with search results, with My Hero Academia as the example!
When Google Chrome is used, for instance, the prominent pages for the series are appearing. The issue at hand is that when the Search feature here on TV Tropes is used: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/search_result.php?cx=partner-pub-6610802604051523%3Aamzitfn8e7v&cof=FORID%3A10&ie=ISO-8859-1&siteurl=&ref=&ss=&q=my+hero+academia#gsc.tab=0&gsc.q=my%20hero%20academia&gsc.page=1
the top results are currently:
- Dethroning Moment / My Hero Academia - TV Tropes
- Fanfic Recs / My Hero Academia - TV Tropes
- Fan Works / My Hero Academia - TV Tropes
While those are lovely pages as well, perhaps it would be more helpful for the average reader for them to come across what could be considered the main pages first. A search engine optimisation matter, this is already the case with many other series where everything is working ideally in that sense, it's just so far a one-off with My Hero Academia!
These articles:
- https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Franchise/MyHeroAcademia
- https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Manga/MyHeroAcademia
- https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/MyHeroAcademia
May be the more suitable landing pages. The Franchise page appearing first in Internet search results would be a great update there. When readers search for the MHA series here on TV Tropes, the Manga and especially Characters pages appearing at the top might be what viewers are looking for.
Where many series already have this setup, it may be an SEO area for these particular pages, or as suggested there might be technical updates available that could assist with this.
If there was time to enable these feature pages to appear at the top of search results, the idea is that should help readers more readily access what they are searching for and that simultaneously helps TV Tropes share all the wonderful articles too!
workingA Tour Guide for New Tropers
As I observe a lot of new tropers getting a lot mistakes and sometimes getting suspended for that (such as grammar issues, or format issues, or using the wrong namespace; there's even one troper getting suspended for rogue launching) I think a welcome tour, or a guide, be helpful for new, especially beginner, tropers before they touch anything.
openOption to "Follow" ATT, TLP, Trope Finder Queries
It would be nice to have an option to "Follow" queries made by others on Ask the Tropers, TLP, Trope Finder, etc. so you're notified of updates. Maybe you could get a little notification like you do when there is a reply to one of your own queries.
You can work around this a little on the TLP as long as you've interacted with it in some way by viewing My History, but it's a bit tedious if you have a lot of activity. I'm not aware of a similar option with ATT or Trope Finder, however, and it's sometimes valuable to be able to find an old query or follow an active one more easily.
I searched a few relevant terms (follow, query) and went back a few pages but didn't see this one previously requested. TIA!
open"Restart Upload" button for uploading Video Examples.
As we all know, it can take upwards of five hours in order to upload a single Video Example- and the upload is as likely to result in an "Upload Failed!" alert as it is a "Transcoding Complete" notification, which will of course result in you spending 3-4 days and over a dozen upload attempts just to upload a single video.
To alleviate the frustrations of tropers, I would like to see a "Restart Upload" button pop up automatically whenever the Video Example upload attempt ends in "Upload Failed!". Once this button is clicked, the upload resumes right where it left off. That way, someone trying to upload a Video Example won't have to refresh the page and then start the upload all over again.
(for reference, it takes only 30 minutes for me to upload a 3-hour-long gaming stream to YouTube, so I know the problem isn't with hardware or bandwidth on my end.)
Edited by AacornSoupopenFull "Search By Troper" edit history, for pages with less than 1 page of edits.
I know that for pages with tons of history, like VideoGame.Persona 3, it's limited to edits within the past 2 years
...
But could it get all editing tropers if it's only a page long, like for VideoGame.Apocalypse
(Future people, note: will disambig eventually)? Of course, it depends all about how the database search works.
But, I could just hide all the change notes and count manually.
Edited by Malady

Something that would be handy in Trope Repair Shop for checking whether tropes are being correctly used would be a tool that, when you enter a page into it, counts the total # of wicks, randomly selects a portion of those wicks, and generates a list of the selected wicks. That number would need to be fairly sizeable; the count mentioned in the TW thread that suggested this was either 50 or the square root of the total # of wicks, rounded up, whichever is better for the size of the page. One possible option could be for the tool to tell you the total # of wicks and allow you to select a number to pull, or default to the aforementioned rounded square root.
Edited by Willbyr